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1) Gib-ber-ish
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Dat starts school in a country where he does not speak the language, everything around him sound like gibberish until a new friend helps him make sense of his new world.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Mimi is a writer and when she finds that some of her favorite words for natural things, such as wren, violet, and dandelion, are disappearing she appoints her granddaughter, Brooke, as the keeper of wild words, and shows her how to bring them to life by knowing, appreciating, and using the things they stand for.
3) Max's words
Author
Series
Max books (Kate Banks) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
When Max cuts out words from magazines and newspapers, collecting them the way his brothers collect stamps and coins, they all learn about words, sentences, and storytelling.
4) Fly by Night
Author
Series
Fly by night volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 19
Description
Mosca Mye and her homicidal goose, Saracen, travel to the city of Mandelion on the heels of smooth-talking con-man, Eponymous Clent.
Everybody knew that books were dangerous. Read the wrong book, it was said, and the words crawled around your brain on black legs and drove you mad, wicked mad. Mosca Mye's father insisted on teaching her to read - even in a world where books are dangerous, regulated things. Eight years later, Quillam Mye has died,...
6) Say hello!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Carmelita loves to greet everyone in her colorful neighborhood. There are people from so many different cultures! They all like to say hello too, so now Carmelita can say hello in Spanish, English, French, Japanese, and many other languages. And her dog, Manny? Well, he seems to understand everyone, and gives a happy "Woof!" wherever he goes.
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Selig, who loves words and copies them on pieces of paper that he carries with him, goes on a trip to discover his purpose. Words. Selig collects them, ones that stir his heart (Mama!) and ones that make him laugh (giggle). But what to do with so many luscious words? After helping a poet find the perfect words for his poem (lozenge, lemon, and licorice), he figures it out: His purpose is to spread the word to others. And so he begins to sprinkle,...
Author
Pub. Date
c2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
English, with its blustery blues and whites, just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers the warm oranges and pinks of Spanish. As she prepares for class at a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn--and she would rather not! Her first day is uncomfortable, until she discovers there's more than one way to communicate with friends. This is a universal story about feeling new and making new friends.
14) Krong!
Author
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When a spaceship lands in his yard, Jake and his dog try to communicate with the alien and alien dog that emerge using different languages.
15) The pledge
Author
Series
Pledge trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 12
Description
In a dystopian kingdom where the classes are separated by the languages they speak, Charlaina "Charlie" Hart has a secret gift that is revealed when she meets a mysterious young man named Max.
17) Fox 8: a story
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Idealistic Fox 8's ability to communicate in "Yuman" cannot save his pack when their den and food supply are destroyed to build a mall, so he writes a letter asking for an explanation of human's cruelty.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Rhyming text and appealing illustrations highlight children from various places around the world engaging in many of the same activities as they get ready for bed. Young readers will learn how to say good night in eleven different languages including Mandarin, Russian, Italian, Finnish, Swahili, Spanish, Arabic, Hindi, German, French, and Korean.
Author
Series
Crime travelers volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Description
"While sleeping on the rood of his father's hotel, thirteen-year-old Lucas Benes finds a baby alone and learns that the Good Company has restarted its profitable kidnapping business. Multilingual and already on his third passport, Lucas leads a network of international teenagers through the hotspots of Paris--from the catacombs to the Eiffel Tower--in an all-out effort to spoil a brainwashing ceremony that could potentially turn them all into "Good"...